New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-20

torn with anxiety to know whether or not Mrs
James Brown Potter is going on the stage.
She is and full details of her plans will be
found in THE TRIBUNE's foreign dispatches
this morning. The statements are with the
permission of Mrs. Potter herself. Her first
appearance in New-York will be this fall.
Whether she will act earlier in London is un-
settled. Mrs. POtters teachers speak in the
highest terms of her ability and prospects. In
any event her career will attract attention.
There is neither reason nor justice in the
verdict in the case Of Cngcr, who killed his
roommate and then chopped him in pieces
carrying the victims head to the ferry to drop
it in the river. Either the killing was done in
se1-deience or it was premedltated murder.
There was no ground for a verdict of mall
slaughter in the first degree. Unger told a
clever story in his own behalf, but it has since
been shown to be false in some respects The
strongest circumstance against him, however,
was his conduct after the crime. People some
times kill in self-dcfcnce and run away; but
they don't return later to cut up their victim
pack the pieces in a trunk and then checrfully
sit down to playing cards in rumshop.
The action of the Speaker Of the House Of
Commons in shutting off Mr.. Dillon's speech
on Jury -packing in Dublin still causes much
talk in political circles in England. 1t was GER
tainly partisan ruling; yet there is nothing
strange in that The English Speaker Ia in.
deed supposed to he non-partisan, but as mat
ter of fact, his decisions always naturally lean
toward the party in power in the Government.
Sir A. W. Peel has generally done a. well as
any one in his difficult position could do. He
has not begun to use, to their full extent, all
the powers conferred upon him by Mr.. Glad
stones lately reformed rules Of procedure. II
the Smith rules are adopted, this authority viii
be decidedly curacd and the motion to close
debate which can now only be made by the
Speaker will then be within tic privilege of
any member of the House.
The New-YorlS Penal Code and the ordinances
Of the Aldermen Of this city against carrying
concealed weapons are wise and proper and
ought to be strictly enforced but it is doubtful
if the Legislature could 60 any further without
violating the constitutional right to bear arms.
Beyond certain point restriction of this kind
is oppressive, and the knights Of Labor, who
now demand that the laws shall he so amended
that private detectives cannot carry rcgolvcrs,
might be the first TO protest if they get the legis
1ation they ask for "Pinkerton's men could
not be reached without affecting the rights of
many other people. AS q matter of fact, if the
authorities all over the State would perform
their full duty in protecting life and property.
as the New-York City police do. in time Of
strikes. .Pirkertons men" and Others of that
class would cause no harm, for they would get
no chance to shoot.
From time to time this winter reports have
reached the East of cattle dying on the West
ern plains of starvation and cold. People have
always been glad to believe the denals which
we're quickly put forth by the owners of the
herds. Unfortunately the shocking truth must
now be accepted. A correspondent of The
TRIBUNE has made personal investigation Of
some of the stories and his report ia worse than
enything heretofore told. Along the Western
blopes of the Black Hills and on the plains Of